NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Seemingly invincible with regard to so long during Owen Field, No. several Oklahoma lastly turned out to be fallible at home.
Seth Doege used intended for 441 back yards and also connected along with Alex Torres upon three regarding his four touchdown passes, along with Texas Tech snapped the actual Sooners' 39-game property winning talent having 41-38 success Saturday night.
About only two a long time once No. some Wisconsin lost, an extra top-five workforce went down to the first morning from the college footballing period that really shook your rankings.
"I need ideas of so it must be many in which surprising," private coach Bob Stoops reported after just his / her third decline inside 78 house games during Oklahoma. "The teams many of us have fun with will come in in this article and exhausted us. And sometimes probably an excessive amount of is said to sort it out that it aren't able to happen.
"I told the participants that any person whom we are going to play the remainder with the calendar year will probably whoop people whenever we you should not participate in better than most people would today. They just chiseled out exhausted us."
Without some essential dominoes decreasing within their favor, the Sooners' wishes at succeeding your nationwide title the leading explanation All-American phone Ryan Broyles and linebacker Travis Lewis came back thus to their mature periods are probably shot.
Taken decrease by the Red Raiders, exactly who were being four-touchdown underdogs immediately after back-to-back failures that will ranked opponents by just a overall involving 12 tips one more a pair of weeks.
"It's one game, but it's a substantial game for recruiting, for country wide stature. Obviously, that you do not examine an excessive amount regarding Texas Tech ," Tommy Tuberville mentioned following a primary landmark earn of his simple tenure because Tech's head coach.
"For some reason, I didn't witnessed much upon TV. I guarantee the truth is it our next couple of days. We're intending to be satisfied with that. When a person continue on the route plus overcom some sort of No. a single staff (in the actual coaches' poll), some individuals special. That's impossible to do."
Doege created in place an Oklahoma safety not often known about three starters, serving this Red Raiders (5-2, 2-2 Big 12) become that primary adversary considering that TCU inside june 2006 season opener to help earn around Norman. Oklahoma State pulled away the one other earn versus Stoops around Norman, in the 2001 regular-season finale.
The Sooners offered up 572 meters of overall offense.
"It's shocking," sheltering finish Frank Alexander said. "We under no circumstances really want to allow way up that numerous back yards on defense. We satisfaction ourself on posting good defense. Tonight, all of us didn't display of which attitude."
Landry Jones been for a while with 412 yards missing out on as well as personal trainer touchdowns using one interception, nevertheless it wasn't enough to rally Oklahoma (6-1, 3-1) back originating from a out of it begin along with preserve their unbeaten season.
"Not one human being dropped this kind of game," Jones said. "It appeared to be offense, defense, everybody. . You can't position the actual hand at one particular male and say, 'You shed the adventure for us,' due to the fact football's the ultimate company game and it can be all associated with us."
Doege, the country's fourth-leading passer, had bit of trouble leading the particular Red Raiders along this discipline towards this banged-up Sooners. Oklahoma was not having cornerback Jamell Fleming (knee), defensive take on Casey Walker (left thumb) along with midst linebacker Tom Wort (concussion).
"It hurt us, as well as some analysts could not help it," Lewis said. "I learn I gamed which has a damaged bottom and the coaches would have must drag myself journey arena with luck not to ever play. So, (I'm) disappointed in certain from the guys."
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